Kurlansky chronicles the rise of baseball in the Dominican Republic. Here he examines how baseball changed the fortunes of many Dominicans, for good and bad.
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- Author:Watson, James D.Summary:
The classic personal account of Watson and Crick’s groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA, now with an introduction by Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind.
By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life...
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- Author:Josephus, FlaviusSummary:
Presents the history of the destruction of Jerusalem from the book the Wars of the Jews by Josephus. Includes a biography of Josephus.
- Author:Koopmans, CarolSummary:
Provides information on the Denesuline also known as the Chipewyan Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
- Author:Spence, Jonathan D.Summary:
- Author:Schiffman, Lawrence H.Summary:
New York University professor, Lawrence Schiffman, discusses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important collection of Jewish texts from the centuries before the rise of Christianity. Only through efforts to understand what the scrolls can...
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This volume brings together key works in the field on the structure, form, status, and reception of cult cinema traditions. Including work from key established scholars in the field such as Umberto Eco, Janet Staiger, Jeffrey Sconce,...
- Author:Downey, AllanSummary:
Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation--then reclamation--of Indigenous identities. The Creator's Game focuses on...
- Author:Bellefontaine, LaurieSummary:
- Author:Hannon, LaurettaSummary:
Growing up in Warner Robins, Georgia, with her parents--and their loving but rocky relationship--isn't always easy for Lauretta. It doesn't help that the rest of her family is a who's who list of misfits and petty...
- Author:COSTAIN, Thomas BSummary:
The story of the great family, the Counts of Anjou, who became kings of England and were known as the Plantagenets.
- Author:Bergad, Laird W.Summary:
Laird Bergad presents a comparative history of slavery in Brazil, Cuba and the United States, countries in which the institutions of slavery survived long into the 19th century ; in Brazil as late as 1888. He assesses the various...
- Author:Blaut, James M.Summary:
The Colonizer's Model of the World challenges one of the most pervasive and powerful beliefs of our time concerning world history and world geography. This is the doctrine of European diffusionism, the belief that the rise of Europe to...
- Author:Kurlansky, MarkSummary:
Kurlansky brings history to life with this entertaining story of how a single fish changed the world.
- Author:Chang, IrisSummary:
The suicide of acclaimed author Iris Chang, who has received numerous accolades for her work, has brought considerable attention to this encompassing creation. She employed meticulous research in this epic of Chinese- American history....
- Author:Robertson, DavidSummary:
On her way to school one day, Sarah is relieved to find the book she'd dropped the day before - shortly after an encounter with a bear. But when she opens it, the story within, about the Cree chief Mistahimaskwa, comes alive. It...
- Author:Perdue, ThedaSummary:
Historians Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green paint a portrait of the infamous Trail of Tears. Despite protests from statesmen like Davy Crockett, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay, a dubious 1838 treaty drives 17,000 mostly Christian...
- Author:Madden, Thomas F.Summary:
In this course, Saint Louis University professor Thomas F. Madden focuses on a Church both adapting to a world in flux and striving to exert its influence and power. Throughout modernity, the Church responded to--and weathered--a host...